גָּרָהgârâh
engage in strife, stir up strife
Pronunciation: gaw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1624
Meanings
Pi`el: excite, stir up, strife (Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 28:25; Proverbs 29:22)
Hithpa`el
1. excite oneself against (בְּ person), engage in strife with, literally (Deuteronomy 2:5; Deuteronomy 2:19; 2 Kings 14:19)
2. excite oneself (against foe), wage war (Daniel 11:1-200; Proverbs 28:10; Proverbs 28:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 2:5 Do not bother them, for I have given them all the hill country around Mount Seir as their property, and I will not give you even one square foot of their land.
- Deuteronomy 2:9 the Lord warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”
- Deuteronomy 2:19 and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”
- Deuteronomy 2:24 Moses continued, “Then the Lord said, ‘Now get moving! Cross the Arnon Gorge. Look, I will hand over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I will give you his land. Attack him and begin to occupy the land.
- 2 Kings 14:10 “You have indeed defeated Edom, and you are proud of it. But be content with your victory and stay at home! Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?”
- 2 Chronicles 25:19 “You are saying, ‘I have defeated Edom,’ and you are very proud of it. But my advice is to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).